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Spurinna
Spurinna
is an
Etruscan
name. The
Tomb of Orcus
in
Tarquinia
belonged to an
offshoot
of the
family
.
Notable
Spurinnae include:
Velthur Spurinna
, from Tarquinia, who led an Etruscan
contingent
to
Sicily
to
aid
Athens
in the
siege of
Syracuse
.
Spurinna
, who according to
Suetonius
was the
haruspex
who warned
Julius Caesar
about
the Ides of March
.
Titus Vestricius Spurinna
, a two-time
consul
and
friend
of
Pliny the Younger
.
Vestricius Spurinna
, a general under
Otho
.